From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OE8wics9ahyY for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:48:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from babioch.de (babioch.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:151:7ffd::1]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:48:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from vpcs.babioch (unknown [188.195.232.136]) by babioch.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA8F14007C for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:48:01 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <50C4A4A1.4090003@babioch.de> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:48:01 +0100 From: Karol Babioch MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20232.77.109.139.26.1355052014.squirrel@lavabit.com> <50C48372.5030106@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50C48372.5030106@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig74B142C77905216778F7FE42" Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] (OT) Secure data wipe List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig74B142C77905216778F7FE42 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Am 09.12.2012 13:26, schrieb Javier Juan Mart=C3=ADnez Cabez=C3=B3n: > overwritting unallocated space several times this basically is a myth. Overwriting the whole drive just one time will make any recovery practically impossible, see [1]. The "multiple times" aspect to my best knowledge originates from the good old days, where the density of tracks on floppies wasn't as high as it is with todays hard drives and it was possible to "miss" the track by some amount. Best regards, Karol Babioch [1] http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Secure-deletion-a-single-overw= rite-will-do-it-739699.html --------------enig74B142C77905216778F7FE42 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQxKShAAoJEHSaZc1HnzIVXQcP/31vqb72diXQTShhGJrFV4aY JboatnrGuUJtRjKYHTDY2SSEFbzDaMKZEA8vm5GDm0FItrlo3DfiDu2CRiet9eVp ILrZSUjD9KOWJCgvtrOwr3VFGBnQqlB485Q233RI5Gy8oeg1xX9cCaIt7s44AMRF f0h9avhQKhedSOYtU2Ghg3ZWdU9eTOcGi89f7E0zhsyQz54JpWGgwTVOt+xxm99t BSvLu5wVkknNPJqbLK5EQULcZkeBlhsEYj2QqhhvR8uSmsxdE23HlOS+ELPchnH1 wQBxRrnh77urdcmJTL6t2BoKLsqeTDXutfp60fCnAdr5WnYugkPJ/MsbBRhdevlq +RZ00s7lP7B0AMk5dDI7v9E2b7SWrMY35y+zs0jWkzZF+8kzmVgfWRl6CV/eGcLY Zrk0+E4fhIOjPMjtBRUE7YP6RZBurbjgXgAVWt+vrqWirZPRCG/UL/svQO6UO+SI TTabIo3/mgjtUpoZKC8KbdEJvfeZp0M3tgPpwrzmp6Jk+QgXccJqLxBFOwCMgFgs AWPnMl9yAOll9PxWLGvRYjHED+iDZ5FDkfAroBjbm6mjidQEjc8byYSCDh13pVAv t0aET1sM7QlJdON+RlZk1QqS2ILi4eS7XtWZlPzypkDDlHXHatQP/HnuX5kwLIic a1HMMpMwWlOdtBPj60KC =1UX1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig74B142C77905216778F7FE42--